Former running back at Wyoming. 2024: 162 rushing yards, 4 catches.
5′11″ · 207 lb · Fayetteville, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 330 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Wyoming. 2024: 162 rushing yards, 4 catches.
D.J. Jones
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mack Brown and Jay Sawvel. The receipt on tape: 80 rush yds, 1 receptions against Idaho, Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Wyoming, 604 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Craig Bohl → Jay Sawvel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: success rate (0th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 48.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 32.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 40.5 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Sawvel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wyoming | 57 | 162 | 2.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 26 | 124 | 4.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 60 | 253 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 154 | 604 | 3.9 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wyoming | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 28 | 181 | 6.5 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Arizona State | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-17vs Idaho | 17 | 80 | 4.7 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 80 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 14-34vs BYU | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-44@ North Texas | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 57 | 162 | 2.7 | 0 | 17 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (4.5%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Pailate Makakona’s 2021 season.
Matches Pailate on
Differs from Pailate on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Bryant Barr’s path through Campbell.
Bryant Barr
Rickey Spruill
Travis Theis
Matches Bryant on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to E.J. Smith's graduate season at Texas A&M (2024).
Matches E.J. on
Differs from E.J. on
Player DNA